Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights. Issue 8 (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Calafato, Raees
• Is Part Of: Heliyon. Volume 6:Issue 8(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: Education -- Multilingualism -- Teacher education -- Teacher practices -- Evaluation -- Teacher beliefs -- Language teaching -- Second language acquisition; Research -- Periodicals; Medical sciences -- Periodicals; Natural history -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Earth sciences -- Periodicals; Physical sciences -- Periodicals; 507.2
• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04471
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8440

Abstract

Abstract: In response to the need for quantitative instruments that can provide insights into language teacher multilingualism on a large scale, this article discusses the development of the MULTITEACH questionnaire via a five-stage process that consisted of a critical review of research on teacher multilingualism, seminar and practitioner consultations, a pilot study, reliability tests, and principle component analysis (PCA), followed by a larger study involving 460 multilingual language teachers and factor analysis to confirm the PCA. The questionnaire thus validated provides a comprehensive quantitative measure of assessing language teacher multilingualism across multiple foreign languages and in diverse contexts. A discussion of the factors influencing teacher multilingualism has also been included based on the findings from the larger study of 460 multilingual teachers. Abstract : Education; Multilingualism; Teacher education; Teacher practices; Evaluation; Teacher beliefs; Language teaching; Second language acquisition